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Arms of Bertschinger and Wolf

Arms of Bertschinger and WolfSwitzerland, Zurich
c. 1590
Pot metal; white glass with silver stain and enamel; flashed and abraded red
30.6 x 22.6 (12 x 8 1/8)
Mending leads and paint loss; upper architecture a replacement; inscription a stopgap

Provenance: Sibyll Kummer-Rothenhäusler, Zurich
Bibliography: Unpublished

Collection: Private Collection (Hillsborough, California)
Object/Accession: 435/17

Arms: (LEFT) Azure three mullets of six points in pale or; impaling gules a gaff or (Bertschinger); crest: over a helm a demi-jester garbed in the colors holding a gaff as in the field; mantling of the colors; (RIGHT) Azure a dolphin embowed or (Wolf); crest: over a closed helm to dexter a vol charged as the field
Inscription: Lucas aein libartzt nit allein den Christus het hie I vunder ein Selarzt der gmein[.] deshalb schrib (stopgap)

Entry From: Checklist III Filed Under: California, Hillsborough, Private Collection

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